Editing Mann–Elkins Act (section)

===Rate setting===
The 1910 act amended the 1887 and 1906 acts by authorizing the ICC to investigate railroad rate increases, suspending rates where warranted and placing the burden of proof upon the railroad for demonstrating reasonableness.<ref>{{cite book |last=Judson |first=Frederick N. |title=The Law of Interstate Commerce and Its Federal Regulation |edition=2nd |date=1912 |publisher=T.H. Flood |location=Chicago |page=471}}</ref> The law mandated that the ICC is "empowered to determine and prescribe what will be the just and reasonable individual or joint rate or rates..."<ref name="M-E Act"/>{{rp|Sec. 15}} This was the first federal law to authorize setting of maximum rates for a single industry during peacetime.<ref name=Martin>{{cite book |last=Martin |first=Albro |title=Railroads Triumphant: The Growth, Rejection and Rebirth of a Vital American Force |date=1992 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-19-503853-3}}</ref>{{rp|354}} The "long-and-short haul" clause of the 1887 act was strengthened to prohibit railroads from charging passengers more for a short trip, compared to a longer ride, over the same route unless specifically approved by the ICC.<ref name="Sharfman" />{{rp|217–219}}

The Act terminated the railroad companies' ability to give free or discounted rates to those who were employees or family of employees.